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conducted at Penn State is trans
formed into programs that reach
all citizens of the commonwealth.
“We’ll also give them the op
portunity to talk with people in
agribusiness, watch some of the
latest farm machinery in opera
tion, tour several research and
conservation demonstration areas
and have a great experience in a
family-oriented atmosphere.”
Hood said.
Ag Progress Days is one of the
largest outdoor showcases of agri
culture research and technology in
the East. More than 250 commer
cial exhibitors will show and de
monstrate approximately $2O mil
lion worth of agricultural equip
ment. The event also features
tours of research farms and con
servation education areas; exhibits
and presentations by Penn State
faculty on topics such as water
quality, food safety, waste man
agement and biotechnology; a
game show with prizes; a working
computer classroom; a museum
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plements; exhibits and demonstra
tions of Pennsylvania’s heritage
crafts with information on how to
start a home-based business: and
more.
College of Agriculture faculty
and staff have continued their em
phasis on exhibits and demonstra
tions that are exciting and fun to
watch, as well as educational.
Animal welfare will be a major
focus in the College Exhibits
building, with a live animal dis
play that will show different hous
ing options for sows.
“We hope to demonstrate that
producers must review a wealth of
variables affecting animal welfare
before deciding what facilities are
appropriate for their enterprise,”
said Dr. Kenneth Kephart, assist
ant professor of animal science
and coordinator of the exhibit.
Visitors can also leant more
about the risk and prevention of
respiratory diseases at the Protect
Your Lungs exhibit. College of
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able to discuss air contaminants
both on the farm and in the home.
Different types of respirators will
be demonstrated and Mediq
Healthcare will be on hand to pro
vide free lung-capacity tests.
Biological control of gypsy
moths will be the focus of another
exhibit Information highlighting
control methods for homeowners
will be distributed throughout the
event and visitors will be able to
view gypsy moths at various
stages of growth and observe
moths treated with different bio
control methods.
The College Exhibits building
will also feature exhibits on food
safety, waste management, agri
cultural biotechnology and turf
grass and the environment.
At the Home-Based Businesses
and Pennsylvania Heritage Crafts
Tent, the emphasis will be on
helping prospective entrepreneurs
get a head start on success. In ad
dition to professional craftspeople
exhibiting their work and demon
strating how crafts are made. Ag
Progress Days visitors will be able
to talk with the artisans arid with
Penn State faculty and staff about
establishing home-based and
small-scale businesses them
selves.
Visitors also can get timely ad
vice when they “Ask the Experts”
in the areas of landscape, lawn and
garden; crop and soil science; and
dairy and livestock production.
College of Agriculture faculty
members and cooperative exten
sion agents will be available to an
swer general questions and deal
with specific problems.
Bus tours to the research farms
always have been a highlight of
Ag Progress Days. A popular new
addition two years ago the spe
cial topics research tours will
return. Tuesday’s tour will focus
on Integrated Crop Management
On Wednesday’s Water Quality
tour, visitors will travel to the Uni
versity Park Campus for a tour of
the Landscape Management Re
search Center and the horticulture
department’s greenhouses. Thurs
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day’s tour will highlight research
relating to disease and insect con
trol on agricultural crops. While
the general research tours run all
day long, the special topics tours
will run twice a day at 10 a.m. and
1:45 p.m.
Conservation education also
will play a major role at Ag Pro
gress Days. The popular soil and
water conservation tours will re
turn this year with a regular sche
dule throughout the day. There
also will be special tours and
workshops on intensive livestock
grazing, integrated pest manage
ment, wetland construction,
streambank crossings and plant
materials.
Young people will enjoy the
computer classroom located in the
Youth Building, with introductory
lessons on the Apple Macintosh
computer running throughout the
day. The Youth Building also will
feature information on career
planning, college admission, the
4-H program and the Penn
sylvania Governor’s School for
the Agricultural Sciences. Nearby
will be the wildlife exhibit from
the Shaver’s Creek Environmental
Cento 1 , with some of Pennsyl
vania’s many animal species.
Machinery demonstrations will
have a full schedule and a new
emphasis. Five demonstrations
each day will feature mowing,
pesticide application, conserva
tion planting, hay crop silage
chopping and bagging and hay.
crop silage baling and wrapping.'
The Mealing Place is back, too.
Faculty and staff from Penn
State’s College of Agriculture will
give meat cutting and cooking de
monstrations, explaining which
cuts are low in fat and preparing
the meat three different ways.
Visitors can sample the results.
There also is plenty of food to
eat, served by many agricultural
and community service organiza
tions. Visitors who bring their ap
petites to Ag Progress Days won’t
leave hungry.
Penn State’s Ag Progress Days
features over 500 acres of educa
tional and commercial exhibits,
tours and machinery demonstra
tions. It is held at the Russell E.
Larson Agricultural Research
Center at Rock Springs, nine miles
southwest of State College on
Route 45, August 14-16. Hours
are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday and
Thursday, with extended hours of
9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Wednesday.
Admission and parking are free.